Experiencing March Madness: Part I
The philosophy of CBS when it comes to bringing games to each market during the NCAA tournament is 1) a team of local interest (UCLA, USC, Long Beach State), 2) a conference of local interest (Pac-10) and 3) the best game otherwise. Since the Pac-10 has six teams in, and three locals, it's a pretty easy schedule to figure out.
So if you're just going with the regular, good ol' over-the-air CBS feed, here's what the L.A. market will get -- that is, games in their entirety, unless there's a blowout and they switch -- for the first round:
Thursday:
9:40 a.m.: Stanford vs. Louisville at Lexington, Ky. (with Gus Johnson/Dan Bonner)
11:40 p.m.: Washington State vs. Oral Roberts in Sacramento (with James Brown/Len Elmore)
4:25 p.m.: UCLA vs. Weber State in Sacramento (Brown/Elmore)
Approx. 6:45 p.m.: Indiana vs. Gonzaga in Sacramento (Brown/Elmore)
Friday:
9:25 a.m.: UNLV vs. Georgia Tech in Chicago (with Jim Nantz/Billy Packer)
Approx. 11:45 a.m.: Long Beach State vs. Tennessee in Columbus, Ohio (with Tim Brando/Mike Gminski)
(Note: This means L.A. market may only see the end of Oregon vs. Miami of Ohio from Spokane since it is in the same CBS window as LB State-Tenn. but will tipoff at about 2 p.m. and end after the network cuts away for a break)
4:20 p.m.: Arizona vs. Purdue in New Orleans (with Verne Lundquist and Bill Raftery)
Approx. 6:45 p.m.: USC vs. Arkansas in Spokane (with Ian Eagle and Jim Spanarkel)
Also, College Sports TV (CSTV) will have:
Thursday, approx. 1:55 p.m.: George Washington vs. Vanderbilt (with Brown/Elmore)
Friday, 9:15 a.m.: Virginia vs. Albany (with Brando/Gminski)



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